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"October 9-11 CPE. First agility trial ever for Goofy. We had 2 perfect days and only NQed once. She got 8 Q Ribbons, 9 1st Place Ribbons, and 2 Perfect Day Ribbons."
"A mini course at intermediate agility class. Jump, triple jump, jump, tunnel, walk, and tunnel. Notice Goofy cleared all three bars of the triple. =)"
Arrival Story: I found her for sale through an online listing and went to see her. She was sold once but was returned because the husband was very upset the wife bought a dog. So she became my dog.
Bio: Goofball has graduated from 2 obedience classes with the 1st place trophy (1 class on-leash and 1 class off-leash). Before she was a year old she passed her Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Test. She started Basic Agility training in March 2009. Graduated Basic Agility class May 2009. She started Intermediate Agility classes in June 2009. She started attending Advanced Agility classes near the end of October 2009.
Forums Motto: Just Goofy.
The Groups I'm In: Holistixperience!
The Last Forum I Posted In: Reevaluating...
Diet: Prey Model Raw. Chicken, game hen, quail, duck, turkey, lamb, venison, beef, buffalo, salmon, etc. She eats 2.5-4.0 oz a day.
Future Competitions: 2009
November 27-29 NADAC (Palmetto)
December 4-6 CPE (Zephyrhills) 2010
January 9-10 NADAC (Valrico)
January 23-24 CPE (Zephyrhills)
February 13-14 TDAA (Valrico)
July 24-25 TDAA (Lakeland)
April 24-25 NADAC (Palmetto)
Agiity Title Progress: CPE - Level 1 almost compete. Need a Q in Jackpot and Wildcards. Got a Q in Level 2 Jumpers.
NADAC - first competition in Nov 2009 if I can get time off from work
TDAA - first competition in Feb 2010
Today was our first full advanced agility class. It is not as long as the Intermediate class, but it still has a lot to offer. In the Intermediate class we often did a course of 8-10 obstacles and then broke down a course that was 20 obstacles long into 3 parts. So in a sense did 4 mini courses. But in advanced class we did a course with 10 obstacles and then the bigger one with 20 obstacles. We walked the courses before our runs... just like we would in competition.
The main thing I learned from this is that I need to watch my flow. Most often I do front crosses, but I was able to do a rear cross just fine. I need to be aware of angles I put Goofy in because of the side I am on and where it is a bad idea to do a cross. Like I know it isn't good right now to cross at a teeter... or cross before a A-frame. Goofy needs a good flow so she isn't choppy running. Getting choppy loses seconds.
No class this Friday, so next class is Intermediate again on Tuesday.
I messed up a few times in class today. I did horrible crosses. I don't think my mind was in agility. Goofy did try to cheat on the tire though by running through the bars and avoiding the tire part...haha Silly girl. She is getting better at the teeter and we did weaves at 12 instead of just 6 like always. I am getting her to pick up her speed in weaves. Today's course was a bit confusing to me, which is part of the reason I messed up. I should have walked it better.
Tomorrow we start Advanced Agility Class. We did sit in one day for the beginning of an advanced class, but this time we are doing the whole advanced class on Wednesday. This is good because I work tomorrow night and this way I won't be late.
I still haven't sent out our fees for the NADAC in Palmetto. I want to get my new schedule before paying even though I am pretty sure I am getting those 3 days off. We will be doing Skilled.
Ops, forgot to post day 2. I was too tired. For Day 2 we Qualified in Standard and Snooker. Since we qualified yesterday in Full House Level 1, we went for Level 2, but we didn't do so good. It was completely my fault plus Goofy was probably a bit tired with this being the last event of the day. Plus, I was trying to get her to go over the A-frame twice and once with bad entry.
Now for day 3. Another perfect day with 3 Qualifiers. We did Standard (not like we needed another since we already qualified 2 at level 1), Colors, and Jumpers (Level 2).
So, for the 3 day weekend Goofy Qualified in 8 of the 9 entries we had. We completed CL1-F. We just need a Qualifier in Wild Cards and Jackpot. We didn't enter in any this weekend. She also has an extra Qualifier in Standard and one Qualifier in Level 2 Jumpers.
December is our next CPE trial, so maybe we will finish Level 1 there. But our next event will hopefully be the NADAC in November. Please check out the videos I upload to see her running.
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